Dr. Pierre Coulon, PhD examines microscope images of vaccinated mice in Irvine on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Leonard Ortiz | MediaNews Group | Orange County Register via Getty Images There are alrea...
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60 million U.S. households have ordered free Covid tests, White House says
Home test kits, specifically iHealth COVID-19 Antigen rapid self-tests, are stacked for delivery in Boston on Jan. 5, 2022. Lane Turner | Boston Globe | Getty Images The White House on Friday said 60 ...
Moderna starts clinical trial of booster shot targeting omicron Covid variant
A healthcare worker fills a syringe with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Giorgio Companies site in Blandon, PA where the CATE Mobile Vaccination Unit was onsite to administer Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines...
The next Covid variant will be more contagious than omicron, WHO says
RT: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus at the United Nations in Ge...
OSHA withdraws rule for businesses after losing Supreme Court case
The Biden administration is formally withdrawing its vaccine and testing mandate for businesses, after the Supreme Court blocked the requirements earlier this month. The Occupational Safety and Health...
Covid and JNJ earnings Q4 2021
The Janssen Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday projected that its Covid vaccine would generate $3 billion to $...
Pfizer and BioNTech launch clinical study of vaccine targeting omicron
A ten year old child receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine for 5-11 year old kids at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on November 2, 2021. Joseph Prezioso | AFP | Getty Images Pfizer...
Two years since Covid was first confirmed in U.S., the pandemic is worse than anyone imagined
People wait in line to be tested for COVID-19 at Union Station on January 7, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images A 35-year-old man returned to the U.S. from Wuhan, China on Jan....
Kids under 5 can’t get Covid vaccines. Doctors explain how to protect them during omicron
Students in the 5 day pre-K class at Immanuel Unite Church of Christ line up to go outside after helping to sort donated food items. Ben Hasty | MediaNews Group | Getty Images Covid hospitalizations a...
Biden will make 400 million N95 masks available to Americans for free
Workers produce N95 respirators at Protective Health Gear (PHG) in Paterson, New Jersey, U.S., January 14, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters President Joe Biden will make 400 million highly protective ...
Some Americans blocked from ordering Biden’s free Covid tests in early website launch
Take home COVID-19 self testing kits provided by the District of Columbia government, which provides city residents four free take home tests per day, are seen in this illustration taken January 11, 2...
WHO says omicron won’t be last Covid variant as global cases surge by 20% in a week
Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme attends a news conference on the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Geneva, Switze...
Labor Department vows to protect workers from Covid after mandate blocked
US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh speaks about Labor Unions during an event in the East Room of the White House September 8, 2021, in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images The Labor ...
GE suspends Covid vaccine and testing rules after Supreme Court blocks Biden mandate
An employee helps install a traction motor onto the truck of a General Electric Evolution Series Tier 4 diesel locomotive at the GE Manufacturing Solutions facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Luke Sharrett...
Biden says U.S. to provide high quality masks for free to Americans
US President Joe Biden holds up a KN95 mask as he delivers an update on his Administrations whole-of-government COVID-19 surge response at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2022. Jim W...
Biden deploys military medical personnel to hospitals in six states
A soldier transports a patient at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts on December 30, 2021. Joseph Prezioso | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Thursday will announce the...
Omicron less severe, hospital stays shorter at large California health system
A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 test in San Francisco, California, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Patients at a large health system in Southern Calif...
Omicron disrupts essential services as workers call out
A US Marine veteran is treated by medical workers in a negative pressure room in the Covid-19 ward at the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare system campus and medical center in W...
Sen. Paul’s accusations ‘kindles the crazies,’ incited death threats
U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci called out Republican Sen. Rand Paul during a congressional hearing Tuesday, accusing the lawmaker of spreading bad information and inciting death thre...
Covid cases on cruise ships surged 30-fold in two weeks
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to the ...
Drs. Fauci, Walensky testify before Senate on U.S. omicron response
[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] The top health leaders in the U.S. will testify before the Senate on Tuesday about...
Pfizer CEO says two Covid vaccine doses aren’t ‘enough for omicron’
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla addresses a press conference after a visit to oversee the production of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at the factory of U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer in Puurs, Bel...
Moderna CEO says fall booster shots will likely target omicron
Moderna is working on a booster shot that will target the omicron variant of Covid for this fall as nations around the world prepare to distribute annual vaccinations against the virus. “We are ...
Pfizer CEO says omicron vaccine will be ready in March
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla addresses a press conference after a visit to oversee the production of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at the factory of U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer in Puurs, Bel...
Pfizer vaccine effective, protects against MIS-C, CDC says
Safeway pharmacist Ashley McGee fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccination at a vaccination booster shot clinic on October 01, 2021 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty...
FDA shortens Moderna booster waiting period to 5 months for adults
A healthcare worker prepares a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, Janua...
Moderna CEO says fourth Covid shot may be needed, citing efficacy issue
A nurse prepares a syringe with a dose of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Enfermera Isabel Zendal hospital in Madrid, Spain, July 23, 2021. Juan Medina | Reuters Moderna CEO Step...
It’s ‘a killer of people and jobs’
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press conference on December 20, 2021 at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Imag...
CDC panel recommends Pfizer boosters for 12- to 15-year-olds amid omicron surge
A nurse gives Sherri Trimble, 15, a shot of the vaccine at a vaccination clinic at Health First Medical Centre in Melbourne, Florida. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The Cente...